New Delhi, July 25 -- The India-UK Free Trade Agreement has provided wider access to goods and services of both countries with industry leaders viewing the "historic" deals as opening up opportunities to push more trade in the United Kingdom.

Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies Director General Anant S Iyer said the FTA will strengthen the economic ties between the two countries across a lot of sectors.

"We believe that this FTA is pretty historic between India and the UK, because it will strengthen our economic ties between the two countries across a lot of sectors," Iyer told ANI.

India is set to benefit from the elimination or reduction of tariffs on about 99 per cent of its exports to the UK post the FTA.

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